Perth continued its unbeaten start to the NBL season with a 74-65 road victory over winless Melbourne in the Victorian capital on Sunday.
The Tigers (0-3) had hoped to turn things around in their home opener, but the Wildcats had the answers behind guard Kevin Lisch (16 points) and centre Matt Knight (14 points, eight rebounds).
Import pair Seth Scott (16 points, nine rebounds) and Kevin Braswell (18 points) led the Tigers after Chris Goulding (16) cooled from a hot start.
The Tigers had their chances but they were undone by 25 turnovers and their poor performance on the boards, allowing Perth 15 offensive rebounds.
Wildcats coach Rob Beveridge was thrilled with his team's 3-0 start, admitting in his heart of hearts he had not considered it likely.
"Not at all," Beveridge said.
"Personally, I would have been pleased if we started with three wins from five games."
Later, Wollongong dominated Townsville 84-66 on Sunday to continue their unlikely perfect start to the NBL season.
The Hawks, who were second-bottom last season, led by 15 at half-time and never let the Crocs into the game.
Dave Gruber starred for the Hawks with 14 points, four rebounds and two blocks and Adris Deleon had a team-high 15 points.
Peter Crawford led Townsville with 18 points.
"The pleasing thing was the disruption, I thought the guys did a real good job defensively," Hawks coach Gordie McLeod said.
AAP
Tags: nbl, basketball, sport, melbourne-3000, vic, perth-6000, wa, australia First posted October 21, 2012 17:42:24
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